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did you know that the etymology of the ordinary english word "meditation" has nothing to do with emptying the mind of thoughts - it is in fact about thinking - or with reducing "stress"
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bunch in this thread but this was my favorite:
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8. "druid" - oh fuck this one is so good. "oak-knower"!!! fuck!!! can an etymology slap? this etymology slaps
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/druid
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So are they seers who live in an oak forest or are they literally communing with the oak trees?
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Are people walking around thinking that meditation is some kind of magical state?